Wednesday June 13, 2012
Kaieteur News
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School repairs, maintenance feature in bidding process - New nursery for Golden Grove, EBD School repairs and maintenance featured yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), with the construction of a nursery at Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD) attracting the largest number of bidders. With an engineer’s estimate of $18,988,643 the 21 bids for that project are:
Continuing in the education sector, five (5) bids were opened for the extension of classrooms at Craft Production and Design. The engineer’s estimate is $4,197,966 and the bids:
APNU seeks “financial freedom” for Audit Office
Under the Ministry of Education, bids were submitted for repairs and maintenance works at Carnegie School of Home Economics and Craft Production and Design. The engineer’s estimate for the project is $7,160,504 and the bids are as follows:
With an engineer’s estimate of $3,191,950 the Education Ministry received bids for repair and maintenance works at Freeburg Secondary School.
Still in the Education Sector, ten (10) bids were opened for repairs and maintenance work at Campbellville Secondary School. The engineer’s estimate is $5,471,706 and the bids:
To d a y h a s b e e n s e t aside for the National Assembly to conduct the business of nongovernmental parties in the House, namely the combined opposition. A Partnership for National Unity will be using this session to give ‘financial freedom’ to the Audit Office of Guyana, and A P N U ’s p o i n t m a n o n finances, Carl Greenidge, has tabled a motion which is slated for debate, aimed at achieving just this. G r e e n i d g e ’s m o t i o n calls on the House to resolve to: “remove the Audit Office from the Schedule of Budget Agencies and restore it to its rightful place as an autonomous agency drawing directly on the Consolidated Fund and that these changes be reflected in the Annual Estimates to be submitted by the Minister of Finance for the approval of this.” The APNU MP’s course of action is premised on what he calls a legislative obligation “that the Auditor General shall act independently in the discharge of his functions.” The Opposition has for several years called the current manner of allocating monies to the Audit Office as a subvention agency, a mechanism to curtail its
APNU MP, Carl Greenidge function and independence. According to Greenidge, the Audit Act of Guyana “provides that the Auditor General shall be the external auditor of the public accounts of Guyana and in the discharge of his function, shall have complete discretion.” He says too that “the Office of the Auditor General and Audit Office are being treated as a Budget Agency by virtue of the Schedule to the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act 2003, which seriously calls into question the autonomy and independence of the Office. As a part of its mandate, the Audit Office in its Mission Statement declares that: as the Supreme Audit Institution of the State, we are
Guyana remembers....
Six (6) bids were also opened for repairs and maintenance works on East Ruimveldt Secondary. The engineer’s estimate is $6,184,596 and the bids were:
With an engineer’s estimate of $2,257,635 the NPTAB opened bids in the education sector for repairs and maintenance works on Polly’s Nursery School. The bids:
From page 7 became very well known around the world as an activist and scholar. He taught for a time in Tanzania, and later in Jamaica at his alma mater - UWI Mona. Rodney was sharply critical of the middle class for its role in the post-independence Caribbean. On 15 October 1968, the Government of Jamaica, led by Prime Minister Hugh Shearer, barred Rodney from returning to the island. The decision to ban him from ever returning to the country was because of his advocacy for the working poor in that country. That advocacy caused riots to break out, eventually claiming the lives of several people and causing millions of dollars in damage. These riots, which started on October 16, 1968, are now known as the Rodney Riots, and they triggered an increase in political awareness across the Caribbean, especially among the Afrocentric Rastafarian sector of Jamaica, documented in his book, The Groundings With My Brothers. Rodney became a prominent Pan-Africanist, and was important in the Black Power movement in the Caribbean and North America.
committed to the promotion of good governance including openness, transparency and improved public accountability through the execution of high quality audits of the public accounts, entities and projects assigned by the Audit Act, timely reporting of the results to the legislature and ultimately the public, and ensuring that the independence, integrity and objectivity of the Audit Office is recognized.” ROLE OFAUDIT OFFICE The Audit Office of Guyana scrutinizes the expenditure of public funds on behalf of Parliament. The Office conducts financial audits of all publicly-funded entities, including donorfunded entities, local government agencies and trade unions. The office of the Auditor General is established by the Constitution of the Republic of Guyana. The Constitution also secures the independence of the Office, describes its principal functions, and articulates provisions to govern the appointment of the Auditor General. The Audit Act of the Laws of Guyana as amended, details specific provisions regarding the duties and powers of the Auditor General in relation to central government agencies and other entities in which the State has a controlling interest.